A liberal arts education prepares you for the challenges of a changing and unpredictable world, equipping you with the skills to communicate, debate, solve problems and think critically. Here's a sampling of careers paths for Philosophy majors.
First Jobs
- Director, English School, People's Republic of China
- Campus organizer, MassPIRG (public-interest research group), Amherst, Massachusetts
- Investment banking analyst, Brown Gibbons Lang & Company, Cleveland
- Teacher, Teach for America, North Carolina
- Operations analyst, JPMorgan Chase
- Financial services research assistant, American Enterprise Institute, Columbus, Ohio
- Associate, TRAK Companies, Purcellville, Virginia
- Actuarial assistant, Liberty Mutual
- Editorial assistant, No Starch Press, San Francisco
- Editorial assistant, Columbus CEO Magazine
Careers
- Founder, Crooked Media
- General counsel & senior vice president of government affairs, Resorts World Las Vegas
- Professor of business ethics & legal studies, University of Denver
- President, Film Independent
- Senior staff attorney, The Legal Aid Society of New York
- Senior advisor for communications, MIT, Office of the Vice Chancellor
- General counsel, University of South Florida
- Mayor, City of Tucson, Arizona
- Product management, Ameritech
- Physician, Central Vermont Addiction Medicine
- Country director, CARE Ethiopia
- Program administrator, Ohio Lottery Commission
- Math professor, Vassar College
- Executive director, JP Morgan Chase
- Attorney for the U.S. Department of Education, Seattle
- Senior product manager, Google
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